Bordeaux Lady:

Excuse me author, but have you ever taken a single cience class in your life. There are three(four) elemental forms: solid liquid and gas (there's also plasma, but that doesn't really count in this situation). Sand is definitely a solid; it sure ain't a fricking liquid. (...)

Thank you for actually telling me this. I'll definitely keep this in mind for referencing his quirk in the future. Actually this information might help me later on in the story.

Normandy1998:

I hope you continue this story, love the concept for it and I'm interested to see where it goes and can't wait for Mt Lady to see her son again, definitely see that being very emotional.

Glad that you like the concept! I can't wait to start writing the chapter for when Akio finally meets his mother but I want to pace things correctly to make sure the impact is really good when it does come.

Ftxfusion24:

love the story so far. I like how you didn't have Akio make up with Lia instantly cause if you think about it you have a kid with a villain father who isn't around, a mom who doesn't want him( his perspective) and a passive/aggressive aunt who broke his trust. He should be pretty fucked up at this point, some wounds take a long time to heal if 't wait for the next update.

Happy that you're loving the story so far and I hope you like this chapter. I want to be able to plan things out accordingly especially with how Akio wounds between his family is going to heal up.

Authors note: As always I hope that you love it, hate it, but enjoy it.

My Hero Academia: Akio Takeyama

Chapter - 9

I begrudgingly packed up my belongingspreparing to return home. We were given a break after the USJ incident and I intend to fully use it to recover.

I recalled recovery girl deciding not to heal me all at once as punishment for getting myself in danger. I smiled and rubbed my once broken arm. It was in bandages but as I was informed it should be healed within the next day. Just got to make sure not to injure myself any further then I did.

"Leaving?" Kara was leanining in the entryway. She rubbed her eyes out of sleep and she had big bag under her eyes. What happened to her?

"Yeah more like forced to do so...what's with the bags?" I ask with mild concern. Kara points to her eyes and blinks.

"It's a quirk thing...my eyes was hurting me last night and I could barely get sleep." She yawned and smiled a weak smile, "Y'know you still haven't told me why your aunt kicked you out."

I chuckle and sling my book bag over my shoulder, "Uh...just a dispute that got out of hand." I answer Kara red eyes gleaming in the sunshine that came through the window of the room.

Her lips slowly curling into a smile that I nervously sweat at. "Akio...whatever you did…" Kara paused her eyes shifting from my face to outside the window, "cherish what you still have okay?"

Silence overtook the room as my mouth slowly took form of a frown. "If you're asking me to apologize I'm going to tell you what i will tell everyone else...it's just not that simple," I stated visibly catching Kara off guard.

Kara raised an eyebrow. "Just what exactly are you hiding?" Her question made me noticeably flinch I had expected her to not question me any further. It made me angry and irritated.

She frowned and folded her arms. "Kara don't stick your nose where it doesn't belong alright? Have a good day and-" I was ready to leave. I turned to exit giving my farewell and gratitude but the sound of fast approaching footsteps caught me off guard.

My arm was tightly gripped and she forcefully spinned me around with thunderous strength, "Akio…" She was visibly upset as her fist balled and tightened.

"You'll know exactly what I mean when it's gone," Anger seeped through her voice as she stared directly into my purple orbs.

I chuckled. "It being gone actually doesn't sound so bad," After saying that Kara eyes widened in genuine shock. She kissed her teeth whipped her head to the side not looking me in the eye.

"Just get out of here…" She was done and suddenly I felt guilt, but why should I?

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I turned and walked out deciding it was best to not speak another single word.

At Home

When I arrived home I was immediately greeted by the presence of Toshiko. "Uncy Aki!" I slid my book bag off my shoulders and laid it onto the brown wooden floor. The moment I turned she had already tackled me in the stomach.

"Ow Toshiko be careful." I warned with a giggle. Toshiko looked up at me pure joy etched on her face. I rubbed her head and she giggled with delight in approval.

"Toshiko!" A somewhat deep but definitely female voice boomed from inside the house, "Bring Akio here right now."

Toshiko looked back as my brows furrowed in anger and annoyance. Toshiko tugged on the fabric of my shirt with a concerned look. My smile immediately returned in hopes of quelling her worry quickly, it seem to work as she pointed with a small smile.

"In the kitchen." She tells me as she starts jumping up and down again, "Hey-hey you're going to play with me right?"

"Well sorry not today," I start making Toshiko pout disappointed, "Doc said I need to rest." I finish rubbing her head again.

"Tomorrow though alright? It's a promise." I walk pass Toshiko roughing up her brown hair as I pass.

The scent of food coming from the kitchen alerted me to where Lia was. I stopped near the door frame catching wind of an exchange of words.

That voice...it sounds familiar. "Yeah he's here...don't back out now." Although I can hear Lia I can't get a clear distinction on the how the other voice actually sounds.

"Yeah...just When you talk to him be careful of how you phrase your words, we don't want to get Akio any angrier than he is now." I shook my head and walked in making my presence known.

Lia was standing in front of the stove an apron on. Her hair worked around the kitchen working on the food in the pot while she stood with a hand on her hip conversation with who ever was on the other end of that phone.

"Aunty…" Lia turned her gaze to me strong and calculating.

"He's here...yeah." A nod of her head as she and the person exchanged words. I waited patiently as she nodded and tossed me her phone. I caught it with a raised eyebrow.

I point to the smartphone. "Who is this?" Lia gives me the same gaze but doesn't respond turning her back to me as she returned to the stove.

Fine.

I put the phone to my ear. "hello?" I waited a few seconds. No response.

"Hello?" I repeated this process a couple of times but to no avail there was no answer. I peeked at Lia from the corner of my eye she wasn't paying me no mind.

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"Sorry...you just sound so more mature than I last heard." The person nervously laughed before coughing.

"Uh do I know you?" I asked not recognizing the voice.

"Haha...uh How are you feeling today? I was really worried when I heard you had broken an arm during the attack on USJ.I-I was really scared." I rubbed my bandaged arms remembering how that Nomu caught me by the arm. It shook me up later on when I thought back on it.

"I'm doing better now if that helps," The female laughs happily speaking into the phone. "That's good! It's nice to see that you're getting so strong and...developed," The women states with a slight pause. Strong and developed? I raised an eyebrow in question to her wording. She seemed unsure of what to say to say next.

"You sound like you knew me for a long time?" I walked out of the kitchen and into the backyard where I could get some fresh air. "But still I don't remember you. We're we friends?"

"N-no…" There was a pause. She was hesitating and her voice just sounded unsure. "W-were family...I-I...please don't freak out Akio." My smile immediately disappeared and I raised an eyebrow in mild curiosity.

"We're family...a relative from aunty side ri-"

I was cut off abruptly by 3 words. "I birthed you."

It didn't take a genius to know what she meant. But...how in the world could that be I dont...even...know...it clicks now.

The voice is familiar I remember it now from the television of a certain hero's debut...performance.

My heart sank into my stomach and I felt like I wanted to hurl. "Mother?" I whispered into the phone.

"Y-Yes. It's me." Yū takeyama also know as mt lady; my mother tries to say cheerfully at the end but falls short as she nervously laughs.

When I didn't respond right away Yū seemed to give off a nervous laugh. "Uh...you seem quite silent."

I shake and tremble. "Y-You…" I could hear her go silent. "You bastard."

"Wha-"

"You call me now?"

"I-"

"Shut it!" I remember to control myself and breath. "How about you listen for a little while," I wait to see if she'll respond once more when she didn't I knew I had her attention for the moment.

"Ten years. Ten years." I repeated to reinforce the point. You left me in radio silence. Not a single peep came from you. At first I thought you was busy y'know doing whatever. But even I knew after years of tears, pain, and disappointments on multiple occasions that at one point if you were even attempting to communicate with me you would've sent a letter already." I laughed and balled my fist into my hand no matter how much it hurt.

"10 birthdays. Waiting for you to come walking through the door. Hoping you were waiting for me as a surprise when I finally got home. Instead I come back to nothing but a cake and candles that I blow every year which - would you believe it!? Never. Came. True." I ran a hand through my blonde hair.

"You didn't even congratulate me on making it into U.A hero course. You didn't even congratulate me for even passing junior high school!" I laughed and shook my head. "And look when her son was stuck in a hospital bed. The first thing I find out when I wake up is that 'mommy hasn't come to visit her child who almost died!' that was the last straw." I

"Let me get this straight through your skull if you haven't already gotten it. I. Hate. You. Got it? Go on tell me the excuse you give Lia every time so you can run away." I whisper towards the end becoming silent.

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Mother started to sob into the phone. Somehow like a reactant her crying forced tears from my own eyes. "I-I'm sorry." She apologized repeatedly but no amounts of apologies can't help mend what she's broken between us.

My heart. You can't mend a heart broken time and time again. Nor is love easy to repair. Sometimes love can never be repaired.

"What do you want me to do? What do you want me to say? What is it you want to hear?" Her sobs were uncontrollable but in surprised she even asked that question. What I want?

"I want to hear the goddamn truth mother...I want the truth please," I pleaded. "B-but I can't give you th-" I almost pressed that red button that ended the call but it took all the willpower in me to hold back. After a moment to catch my breath I put it back to my ear.

"Then there's nothing else to talk about…" I said getting ready to end the call. Never knew our first conversation in a decade would end up like this.

"w-wait...Akio just wait a moment." I took a deep breath and waited for Mother to regain her composure. Or at least that's what it was sounding like.

"Akio when you were a chi-child…" her voice ends up getting caught in her throat. "My mental state wasn't exactly good. Your father scarred me in more ways than one. I felt fine...but overtime my sanity started to deplete and it came into question whether you was safe in my care. To tell you the truth at the time I already knew the answer to that question." I was taken aback as I silently listened and went over what my mother just relayed to me. This information...what exactly is she telling me?

"After a test it was decided that you wasn't fit to be in my care and because I was living with my parents at the time they couldn't take care of you...so it had to be Lia your aunty Tentamaru." When she finished I didn't know what to say at first. Mother left something out...i caught onto it not buying the explantation she gave me.

"But that didn't keep you from writing me letters or texting me or talking to me before as you are now!" Frustration became all to clear on my face. "Don't lie to me!"

"Akio...i was advised during therapy to...to cut myself off from you...from My thoughts about you. I also wasn't allowed to have any physical contact with you during this period until my therapist finally gave me the green light until only recently."

"I want to know exactly the problem. What kind of therapist did you get? To cut yourself off from anything relating to me!?" It was astounding to hear. Even now my body is still rocked with shock. Why?

"Why?" I echoed the question in my head. "Akio...as time grew on after you were born my terrors and visions of the turmoil I went through in the past started to become more recurring. One time it got so bad that...t-that- oh god I feel like I want to throw up," It sounded like she wanted to Barf but swallowed it back down.

"I-I almost tried to hurt you if your aunty wasn't there to stop me...I-I don't know what I would've done to you." Lia breathed shakingly into the phone. "Akio...i love you with all my heart I never wanted to hurt you so I tried to remove myself thinking it was alright when it clearly was not. I just ended up causing you even more harm not physically but mentally." She started to cry into the phone once more. I breathed a shaky sigh.

She's right about one thing. "What else? What else is it you want?" I asked wiping my eyes.

"This must not be the true reason you called...is this about Lia?" Again it took a while but she finally calmed down to speak comfortably.

"W-well yes...Akio You must have seen a lot of things that's made you despise us even more have you?" I nod and make a sound of acknowledgment, "Those secrets are secrets for a reason Akio."

"Like how you're still not giving me the full story even now?" The question kept her silent and I pinched the bridge of my nose in irritation. I was right on the nose. "I knew you were leaving stuff out...I'm not a retard."

"I get it your mental state but there must have been something else...i know that you're still hiding information." I want more. Who is my father? What did he do to her?

"Akio...i can't reveal everything right now." She says with a somber tone.

"Why not?"

"You're not ready….you're not ready yet."

There is nothing else to talk about now. "Well if you were hoping for me to understand better you've just left me with more questions that need to be answered." What I said was true even now as I speak I could think of a few good one's. Who is Lia brother and why would she called him a bastard? Was it because he left my mother? What exactly did the contents of that diary contain? These questions give me a headache and it frustrates me that they're keeping these secrets away from me.

"I'm not ready…" I echoed a little angry. "Whatever...are we done now." Yu sighed into the phone.

"Y'know I did talk to the little girl Toshiko...she really thinks of you as her hero y'know. When she was retelling the accounts of your fight with that villain she seemed so starstruck. Keep an eye on your number one fan okay?" Toshiko is my number one fan I smiled as I felt a sense of pride at that. I wiped my tears.

Mother cleared her throat catching my attention. " Ah a-anyway I actually before I go I just wanted to say that the U.A festival is coming up and I was called up as security...so I'll be watching to see how you do." Is that so?

"Is that it?"

"...I know you're not satisfied with just my voice, " Obviously. "So to keep you preoccupied...if you do well…" I perked up having a spike of interest at what she was alluding to. "I'll meet you in person."

"...I don't care really. I'm not really doing this for you but myself really goodbye mother." I said immediately clicking off the phone. I stomped back inside the house. Tossed the phone towards Lia who didn't need to even turn, one of her hairs catching the phone before it even came close to hitting her.

"I'm not really hungry so I won't be eating dinner." Lia didn't make any attempt at telling me she heard me at all. I shrugged my shoulders and trotted out the kitchen up into my bedroom. Surprisingly as I swinged open the door it was sill how i left it well except for the raid of my closet and drawers. I sighed as I remembered I left the bag with all my clothing downstairs. But giving in to what my body wanted - rest - i ended up just throwing off my shirt and flopping onto my very comforting bed. A very big difference in the feeling of a couch pressing against my back.

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I'm doing this for myself.

But of course he smile growing on my face as laid in bed. Why the hell do i feel so happy!? The question was an easy one to answer; I had the chance to met my mother. I have the chance finally confront my mother in person.

U.A festival here i come...here I come.